Drier



March 8, 1927.

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ISADOR SCHUMAN, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, AND BENJAMIN E. FRANK, 01 JOHN- SON COUNTY, KANSAS.

DRIER.

Application filed November 10, 1926. Serial at. 147,546.

.Our invention relates to driers and particularly to those designed for drying steamcleaned or sponged garments of one kind or another, such as dresses, shirts, waists, etc, and in particular the invention has for its objects to provide such an apparatus as will quickly dry the garment, leaving it free from wrinkles, streaks, clamp or hook marks, and one which will dry the garment without causing it to shrink.

More subordinately the invention has for its object to provide a drier which will balloon or inflate the garment and apply the drying current through the pores of the garment outwardly and which is so designed as to fit any garment which requires drying.

Generically the invention comprises a drying table with a sliding or adjustable top that carries carding wire elements to engage and hold open the bottom of the garment hung above the table on the usual garment hanger, the space below the sliding top containing a louver-damper beneath which is the heating funnel or box into which the drying medium (hot air or the like) is passed, usually through a sliding screen which serves to catch lint. (The drying medium may be taken from the exhaust of the tumbler if found desirable in prac tice.)

In the drawing, in which like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures-- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention.

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal section with a garment in place.

Figure 3 is a detail perspective view of the damper unit.

Figure 4 is a detail perspective view of the sliding screen.

Figure 5 is a cross section taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 2.

Referring now particularly to Figures 1 and 2 of the drawing it will be observed that 1 designates the angle iron stand to the top of which is fastened a pair of slides 2-2 for the slidable top section 1. There is also provided a stationary top section 3 which is secured against movement in any desired way and both the top sections 3 and 4 are provided with up-standing flanges of carding wire 5 and 6 respectively, these flanges being preferably arcuate.

The sliding top section 4 is provided with a cable 8 that passes over a guide ulley 7 and carries a weight 9 of suitable heft.

In addition to the flanges *5 and 6 hinged carding wire side members 10 may be provided so that when the table top sections are separated they may be swung into posi tion to hold the garment portions adjacent thereto.

The louver damper units consist of a frame 11 in which is pivoted a series of slats 12, the axes of which are crank connected witha handle bar 13 that is notched at. 14 to fit over one of the angle irons of the table top and hold the damper in an open or closed position.

15 is the funnel or hot air boxbeneath the damper and it is provided with a screen slot 16 in which the screen 17 is located, the latter being removable when desired.

Hot air is admitted to the box 15 through an opening or inlet 18 from the tumbler or from a suitable circulating fan (not shown) in order to create an upward current of hot air to enter the garment 19 that is to be dried. y

In using my invention the garment 19 is hung on the usual hanger 20 above the table top and the carding wire flanges 5 and 6 are located within" the garment, the lower edges of which garment are indicated by the carding wire flanges 5 and Send the members 10 when they are in position to spread the lower end of the garment and enable the hot air from below to enter the garment.

By the construction shown and described, it is obvious that when the damper is open the hot air shoots through the garment and inflates it so that it can stand upright without support. In a few moments. depending upon the kind of material of which the garment is composed, the garment is dried, the damper is then closed, and the sliding top of the table enables the operator to release the garment from the carding wire holder. Actual practice has demonstrated that the condition of a garment dried by our a aratus is such that even pressing is unnecessary and it is found to be absolutely free of marks or creases such as usually appear when garments are dried according to the methods now in common use.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, it is thought the complete construction,

operation andadvantages of our invention will be clear to those skilled in the art to which. it appertains.

What we claim is:

1. In driers, a stand, a pair of top sections on said stand having relative movement toward and trom one another, means toward and from one another, means tending to separate the top sections, upstanding means carried by said top sections to fit within the bottom of a garment and spread the same, and means for delivering a drying medium upwardly between the top sections into the spread garment, said delivering means comprising a box beneath the top sections, a damper beneath and adjacent the top sections, said box having an opening to receive the drying medium below the damper.

3. In driers, a stand, a pair of top sections on said stand having relative movement toward and from one another, means tending to separate the top sections, upstanding means carried by said top sections to fit within the bottom of a garment and spread the same, means for delivering a drying medium upwardly between the top sections into the spread garment, said delivering means comprising a box beneath the top sections, a damper beneath and adjacent the top sections, said box having an opening to receive the drying medium below the damper, and means including a screen to catch lint tend- I ing to pass through said box.

4. In driers, a stand, a pair of top sections on said stand having relative movement toward and from oneanother, means tending to separate the top sections, upstanding means carried by said top sections to fit within the bottom of a garment and spread the same, said upstanding means including garment holding instrument-alities, and means for delivering a drying medium upwardly between the top sections into the spread garment.

5. In driers, a stand, a pair of top sections on said stand having relative movement to ward and from one another, means tending to separate the top sections, upstanding means carried by said top sections to fit within the bottom of a garment and spread the same, said upstanding means including carding wire flanges, and means for delivering a drying medium upwardly between the top sections into the spread garment.

6. In driers, a stand, means carried by the stand into which a drying medium is admitted, means to regulate the passage of drying medium, a fixed section and a sliding section table top through which the drying medium is adapted to pass, means continuously tending to separate said table top sections, said sections having means to engage and hold open a garment.

7. In driers, a tand, means carried by the stand into which a drying medium is admitted, means to screen the drying medium, means to regulate the passage of drying medium, a fixed section and a sliding section table top through which the drying medium is adapted to pass, means continuouslv tending to separate said table top sections, said sections having means to engage and hold open a garment.

8. In driers, a stand, means carried by the stand into which a drying medium is admitted, means to regulate the passage of drying medium, a fixed section and a sliding section table top through which the drying medium is adapted to pass, means continuously tending toseparate saidtable top sections, said sections having upstanding carding wire flanges and auxiliary carding wire members arranged between and at the sides of the top sections substantially as specified.

ISADOR SCHUMAN. BENJAMIN E. FRANK. 

